The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1887-09-29

ECCENTRIC MURDERER.
A Veterans Unsuccessful Attempt
at Murder.
Commits Suicide by Cutting His
Throat.
Anarchists Wives Threaten Suicide
it the Worst Comes.
Indiana White Caps Whip Offensive
Citizens.

OIIlZ6USs
New YORK, Sept. GA Middle
town, New York, special says: The
northern suburb of this town, near the
type foundry, was aroused at 3 o'clock
yesterday morning by woman appear
ing on the street in her night clothes,
stained with blood and screaming
murder" The woman was Mrs. Sa-
rah Henderson, widow of VIM. NJ. Hen
derson of the Eighty-seventh New
York volunteers, who died while in the
service. She draws a widows pension,
Sl2 per month, and lives with her young
has lived with the widow Henderson
for twelve years past an unmarried
veteran named Walter G. Brown. The
family subsisted on his pension, 50 per
month. He was somewhat eccentric
and melancholy, but was never thought
to be of unsound mind. The family
retired as usual Saturday night, Brown
occupying bed and Mrs Hen
derson lounge in one room,
and her son sleeping in a room adjoin-
ing. Mrs. Henderson says she was
awakened shortly after 3 O'Clock by the
explosion of pistol close to her face.
The bullet cut its way through her
hair, splintering her comb and lodging
in the lounge. BY the flash she recog-
nized Brown standing over her, revOlv-
or in hand. AS she sprang to her feet
a second shot struck her in the left
shoulder iniiicting severe wound. Her
screams aroused her son, who came to
the rescue. In the desperate struggle
with the would-be murderer another
shot was fired, but the ball entered the
ceiling over head. The pistol was then
knocked from Browns hand and the
woman and her son took advantage of
the opportunity to fly into the steet and
call for help. The neighbors soon
gathered and policemen arrived and
found Brown lying on the blood
jack-knife grasped in his hand, with
which he had cut a frightful cash in
his throat, severing the jugular vein
and causing instant death The deed
was evidently premeditated, but
whether inspired by jealousy of the
woman with whom he lived, or by an
insane frenzy, will never be known A
few days since he bought a new suit of
clothes, and told the widow he did not
expect to live long and that the clothes
were intended for burial use.
MRS. BLACKS PREDICTIONS.
NEW YORK, Sept. 26.-''If those
men are hanged their wives will kill
their children and then commit sui
cIde," said Mrs. Captain Black to a re-
porter yesterday. "Nina Van Zandt
has frequently assured me that
II her husband, August Spies, goes
to the. scafold she will die by her
own hand the same hour. The
other women tell me the same
thing" and as Mrs. Black said this
she looked as though she firmly believed
these women would carry out their ter
rible threats, ITO let the men live, y
Mrs. Black continued, will not result
disastrously, as some people pretend to
think, but If they are hanged ,Grinnell,
Bonlleld and Judge Garry are not safe.
AS Citizen Train says there will be
shoel to pay. Workingmen regard
the condemned men as hostages, and il
they don't get them back there will be
serious trouble.
INDIANA'S WHITE CAPS.
INDIANAPOLIS, Sept. 26.-The White
Caps still exist in the counties of Har.
rison, Crawford, Orange, Martin and
Lawrence. Within the last week al
least half dozen whippings have takeI
place. Wilkes Trooter, who lives in
Varengo county, was badly whipped 8
few nights ago. Subsequently he went
home drunk and on reaching his house
was met by body of masked men
whipped by a mob, and handed notC
which read as follows: UNLESS you
go to work at wunce, and give your
pOore wife the money you earn, an
cease whipping her, we will make you
another visite."
THE ONLY SURVIVOR.
SAN Francisco, Sept. 24.-Full de
tails have been received of the rescue
of n sailor named Vincent who is thu
only survivor of the whaling bari
Napoleon lost in the Arctic eassthre,
years ago. The rescue of Vincent wa!
effected by the united efforts of tn,
revenue ship "Bear" as related {
former dispatch at small
Indian village near Natarin. Vincen
was in a deplorable condition wheI
rescued. He tells miserable story o
their sufferings, and intimates tina
some Of the corpses Of the victims wer
eaten by others before dying. Seven
teen of the crew persisted, Vincent be
ing the sole survivor.
RAGING FOREST FIRES.
MINNEAPOLIS, Sept. ga destruct
i've forest fire is raging at Foley, Mimi.
a station on the st. Paul, Minneapoli
& Manitoba Road between st. Clou,
and Hinckley. In response to a tele
gram for aid, help was sent out from
be heavy but cannot as yet be definitel,
estimated.
BUSINESS BLOCKS CONSUMED.
MEMPHIS, Tenn, Sept. 24.-Fire las
night at Wynn, Ark, destroyed nearl
the whole business portion of tina
town. Total loss, fully S25, 900.
THE ANARCHIST DEATH ORDER.
CHICAGO, Sept. 24.-The death orde
to the sheriff of Cooke County in tn
Anarchists case, was handed down b
the Supreme Court this morning an
reached Sheriff Watson later in tn
day.
THE GRAHAM-TEwKSBURY FEUD.
PRESCOTT, Ariz., Sept. "a. Unde
Sheriff Warren has received word froI
Tonic Basin that feud fight occurre
there on the 18th, in which Thoms
Graham, Joseph Ellingwood and ma
named Middleton we're killed on tn
Graham side, and George Newton an
James Tewksbury on the TewksbuI
side. The Graham party ambushe
themselves near John Tewksbury
house, and found Tewksbury on guar,
When the Graham party was disco
cred the battle commenced, with I'll
above result.
DESERTED BY HIS LAWYERS.
WYANDoTTE, Kas., Sept. 2.-WhE
the case of Mike Leary one of the Mi
souri, Pacific train wreckers, was calll
to-day he jumped to his feet and ma,
a speech declaring that now that HaI
ilton had been acquitted his attorn
had deserted him. He demanded cou
sci and an immediate trial. The Jud
will appoint counsel but postponed {
trial.
A BUNCo GAME.
TERRE HAUTE, Ind, Sept. 26.-Alf
ander McPheeters, one of the richC
men in this county, came to the q
Saturday to get g., 900 he had left wi
two bunco steerers on q former Wis
One OF the two represented to him Il
he was Frank McKeen, son of the Or
ident Of the Vandalia road, and that
had drawn "a 900 in lottery, but cor
not collect it unless he made a depO
of 81 900, and that he did not want
let his father know that he had bE
buying lottery tickets. McPheet
sent to the bank and got 81 900 for
friend. He was To come to town S
urday to get it back, and also 81 .OOC
the lottery money for the use of
Finding that he was swindled, he *